With a nod to Douglas Adams, and his character Dirk Gently, this site is to provide me a place to organize and share my thoughts about changing the nature of sovereignty. People are, or should be, the ultimate sovereigns. Both in regards to government and in the marketplace. I am reading and researching various ideas and technologies that could fundamentally change the nature of government.

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The night of the 2nd-3rd of December 1984 was one of the (if not THE) largest industrial accidents in history. An accident at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India released 30 tons of various highly toxic gases into the air, exposing up to 600,000 people. The gas cloud stayed low to the ground and spread through the shanty towns that surrounded the plant. Though the plant had internal and external alarms, the external alarm was disabled after it went off, preventing the people in surrounding neighborhoods from fleeing to safety upwind. It was not sounded again until the leak had been contained, too late to fix the damage that had already been done.

Approximately 15,000 people died from the aftermath of the accident. Additionally, many children are born with physical and mental impairments because of their parent's exposure. The area's water is likely still contaminated. The cleanup still remains to be completed, and human rights groups report that thousan…